Original description as Apistogramma gephyra:
ZooBank:F967DF7C-1AFB-40D1-8544-FF9F64D4D33E.
- Kullander, Sven. 1980. "A taxonomical study of the genus Apistogramma Regan, with a revision of Brazilian and Peruvian species (Teleostei: Percoidei: Cichlidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien. 1-152 (crc00334)
Conservation: Apistogramma gephyra is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2009).